Pro wrestling has always been pro-xenophobia, with cartoonish foreigner types employed to goose the crowd into a patriotic frenzy. But during Reagan's reign, evil German and Japanese characters—everybody but the Iron Sheik, really—got bumped down or off the card to make way for the Red Menace.
Monday, June 14, 2004
Hammers, Sickles, and Turnbuckles - Soviet wrestlers mourn Ronald Reagan.
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